Lots of strawberries munched, yum yum no cream though and no tennis watched!!
Meeting friends most days this week so will have to be good, had half a slice of cake yesterday! How are you doing Ali?
Bit chilly again this morning, weird weather.
Told yesterday that “70% of women, during their 5 years of treatment gain weight” really??? It’s nothing to do with the ta"poxy"fen or chemo drugs though, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! xx
Katy I seem to have stuck at a weight loss of three pounds! Am sticking with it though, have finally got past the ‘kill for a kit kat’ stage. My downfall is the five o’clock munchies…today though I’m prepared, I have hummus, celery and carrot sticks! I will get another pound off, I WILL… 
I spoke too soon . The four o’clock munchies got me…coffee and a slice of home made fruit loaf, it was very nice. Hubby and son love baking…!!
Well, I was in training for the MMU with what is known at my local chippy as a “mini fish supper” viz one piece of fish and a copable portion of chips rather than *two* pieces of fish and a humungous quantity of chips. Not sure how much this is a Glasgow thing or whole of Scotland… but a fish supper here would serve two easily! Then it was strawberries - yum!
Nipplet is settling down nicely now looking a bit scraggy with "do not touch’ crusty bits of skin and/or scab and long tails of undissolved soluble stitches but I can begin to see what it will be like and it’s going to be good I am so, so lucky to have one of the top oncoplastic surgeons in Europe, never mind the UK. Will be glad to get to the end of the process once tattooing finally happens - though I’m advised sometimes you need as many as three goes to get the colour to stick properly!!
On the wind-down-to-sabbatical bench now… all feels a bit weird but I’m looking forward to it.
Too many bc and other friends experiencing dark times just now, so am off to replenish the lacy hankies and spoons supplies for anyone who needs them. Hugs for anyone who needs them xx
Oh Ali, some choc fell again into my mouth, keeps happening.
Have been told that there are a small amount of steroids in tamoxifen, is that true??? Has anyone ever heard of that???xx
Yep we have mini fish suppers here too 
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Good that niplet is looking good hurrah!! xx
Re. training for the MMU: I have lost weight over the past year (avatar is me nearly 2 years ago size 18-20, now size 14!) I’ll be concentrating on new makeup & experimenting (a lot!) for a more youthful look! 
First I need to get rid of the moustache and chin hairs which are growing back well after treatment, and then decide what to do about my stubby eyelashes - too short for mascara. Also, I want to get my long-haired wig styled; I think it would suit me better cut shorter.
Fed up with looking like Nora Batty at the moment!
Please stop talking about fish suppers, you’ve made me want one and my local chippie is one that I shall never go to again after food poisoning last time! Now, a fish supper means a round trip of 20 miles and is not happening tonight.
Been to hospital today to see surgeon (regular check-up) and everything is ok, thank goodness. Back again in 6 months. Actually saw the consultant that operated on me, not one of his underlings that I’ve seen last two times. It amused me when he looked at my boob and said “Hmm, that’s quite a dent”. A dent? A dent? That’s not a dent, that’s a good half of my boob missing!! AND HE DID IT!! From the way the rest of the conversation went, I deduced that he would have offered lipofill (sp?) if I’d wanted it. However, no-one will EVER put me under an anaesthetic for anything that is not life threatening!
On the tennis bench again now, watching what I recorded while at work.
Woo hoo Jenanne!!! Psssst maybe we could compare moustaches and long facial hairs that appear from nowhere?? Oh what fun we’ll have 
! Could have a competition to see who has the longest stragglers, think I maybe a winner here.
FOOD, FOOD FOOD obviously on my mind a lot at the moment, well, went mad tonight and had a HUGE plate of pasta, it was fabulous, back to salads tomorrow 
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That’s not good FF, food poisoning from a chippie, yugh!! but fab news everything is fine ! WHEW!
Off to do my dishes by hand not in the dishwasher I’ve never used, mmmmmmmm maybe this year, oh and never got my nook due in Fri, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, “the girl gave me the wrong information” grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr when does anyone ever give you the right information nowadays??? xx
Erm, mojitos…surely a diet drink? It had a lot of mint in it, and mint’s green, so surely it counts as salad??? Oh and it had lime juice too, so def a salad
Whew, indeed . With hindsight the fish bought at 6.00pm was obviously left over from lunchtime. Shouldn’t have eaten it but I was hungry.
Pasta in itself is not terribly fattening, it’s the sauces that we put on it that do the damage.
My recipie is fry onions and mushrooms add half a can of Campbells condensed tomato soup (half fat). pour over cooked pasta and enjoy. Garlic optional. Quick, easy, delicicious.
Both my dishwashers left home years ago (son and daughter), since then all dishes done by me in a sink. I cannot get my head around the water usage of a machine compared to doing it myself.
Entirely agree Ali, definitely a salad drink, very good for you,“a little of what you fancy does you good”. Great saying that… covers erverything.
Our local chippie does a mini fish special. It, bizzarrely has a mini battered fish AND a sausage (battered or not according to preference) and a small portion of chips. It’s my Friday night treat, only I’m not keen on deep fried sausage so I swap it for mushy peas. Douse the lot in half fat mayo. Nom nom nom!
I did a prawn stir fry for dinner and gave myself less rice & noodles because I’ve had a few ‘naughty’ things today (really shouldn’t work in the staffroom - too many edible temptations!) Now I’m hungry and this cup of tea isn’t cutting it! 
I’m on a bench in the garden enjoying the blackbirds’ chorus and admiring thw tub I just planted (better late than never?!) Energy must be returning - can’t remember the last time I felt like gardening AFTER work!!
Hugs to anyone feeling **** <<>>
So…turns out humous is high in fat , oops. And the lovely fish I thought had been grilled with a little lemon juice was actually fried in butter and lemon juice. Oops again. I should probably also confess to the strip of dark chocolate with ginger. You already know about the fruit bread. With butter . (well, you have to butter it don’t you? It’s the law I think, or something). And the mojito, which as well as the rum has a generous spoonful of sugar. However I’m sure the celery is completely guilt-free 
My pasta recipe - also good cold as a salad. Cook tricolour twisty pasta until still slightly munchy ( al dente) stir in a little extra virgin olive oil, a good squirt of tomato purée, a hefty sprinkle of basil - usually the dried variety, and a small dollop of ketchup to ‘moisten’. Grate some cheese on the top if required (Use less of a strong flavoured cheese if you’re being good!!)
Must stop talking about food or I’ll end up raiding the kitchen!
Fish suppers - Rev I know just what you mean! Been on the Solway coast for a few days, so had fish and chips for tea in Allonby. I was given two HUGE parcels to take to the campervan thinking I’d got the wrong order… NO, a vast piece of fish and a massive parcel of chips - and I’d asked for small chips… Millie’s eyes lit up cos she always gets a bit of batter and a few chips. This time she had real fish and an awful lot of chips (then botty-burped all night in the confined space of a campervan!). I went a few days later for lunch and got ‘fish strips’ about a half portion and a MINI chips…perfect!
And Rev - those undissolving dissolvable stitches are a real nuisance, I felt like my bra was velcroed to my chest for about 3 weeks.
MMU is getting nearer and everyone is making a real effort, so I feel guilty. I was planning to just wash my face, pluck the whiskers and iron the twinkly tee-shirt, but I can see I need to do a bit more than that… oh I know got a very pretty lace tee-shirt -over -camisole job from House of Oxfam (other charity shops etc…) so that will get it’s first outing.
Must try those healthy drinks - does a whisky sour count? it’s got lemon juice in it.
grumpy
New piccy is me in training for MMU - scone with jam and cream. Naughty!!
grumpy
My pasta sauce recipe, developed to con my son into eating veg…
Soften a couple of onions in a splosh of oil and a bit of butter, put the lid on and cook gently for 10 mins or so until squishily golden. Tip into a bowl. Add splosh of oil if needed to pan, soften chopped up celery and finely sliced leek till very soft. Add the onions back, a carton of tomatoes, a bit of tom purée if you like, simmer it all together while you cook some pasta or brown rice. Also fab with some narrow strips of bacon cooked with the onions, or brown some chicken and simmer in the sauce for an hour, or add more tomatoes and stock for a fab soup, or put some chili in with some browned mince for a chili con carne. Son also likes it with chipotle chilis in and cannelli beans and chopped manchego cheese, put in the oven so the cheese melts. Just don’t tell him he’s eating veg ok???
Def salad Ali and fish is so good for you (mini fish suppers) I like all of your ways of thinking! !
All these recipes, yummy, yum, my “good” spaghetti recipe is microwave onions and garlic then throw in tin of tomatoes and tin of tuna, season with salt and cayenne pepper. So not a fattening sauce but it’s the amount I eat 
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Remind me if grumpy brings her camper to MMU not to visit after fish supper eaten ! Everyone always blames it on the dog, tee hee.
When I was at hairdressers, girl said have you ever thought of dyeing your hair?? It would take years off you, cheers for that, moi says, confidence soaring?? xx
Oh dear Katy! I used to have a junior member of staff who would speak without engaging brain, she was a lovely girl but some of her comments were cringeworthy…to a customer trying on (and looking bloomin gorgeous in I might add!) a fitted, slinky, fishtail dress “oooh you look just like Ursula the Sea Witch in LittleMermaid!”
Tee hee !
They say life is a learning curve, well, have learned that my willpower lasts a week…am off to sit on the “disgusted with myself” bench, it’s near the “reinforced fat b*******” bench xx